The leadership of the Fort McMurray Airport Authority (FMAA) warns airports outside Canada’s major cities are struggling to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and passenger choices are critical in their recovery. Article content

Denean Robinson, CEO and president of the FMAA, said in an interview the airport faces a chicken-and-egg situation: people want more destinations and flights at their local airports, but airlines make route decisions based on local passenger numbers. Article content

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Meanwhile, more than 60 per cent of airline passengers living in the Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo region do not fly out of the Fort McMurray International Airport (YMM), said Robinson. Most instead start their trips by driving to airports in Edmonton or Calgary.

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